Emilio Ghisoni

Emilio Ghisoni
Born Emilio Ghisoni
(1937-01-01)January 1, 1937
Pavia, Italy
Died April 28, 2008(2008-04-28) (aged 71)
Pavia, Italy
Occupation Inventor

Emilio Ghisoni (1937-24 April 2008) was an Italian inventor and weapons designer, best known for his work with revolvers.

Biography

Ghisoni was born in 1937 and attended university to follow a course in classical studies. His father founded a company, Macchine Termo-Balistiche (MATEBA), that manufactured pasta kneading machinery and other food processing equipment. The death of his father who ran the company caused Ghisni to leave school in 1956 to learn the business. He later became a mechanical engineer and a designer of food processing equipment. An avid firearms enthusiast, he had an interest in firearms and in the 1970s he designed his first prototype: a revolver with a lower barrel and cylinder in front of the trigger guard. He followed this with the Mateba MT1, a semi-automatic pistol in.22 LR, produced in small numbers in 1980.[1]

Ghisoni is best known for his unconventional revolver designs with a bottom loading chamber that were mostly made by Mateba. His three unique and bold designs were the first Mateba MTR-8 of 1983, the Mateba 2006 and the Mateba Autorevolver.[2]

His designs came from wanting to improve accuracy in international rapid-fire competitions. He accomplished this by aligning the barrel with the lower chamber of the cylinder instead of the top in order to lower the bore axis and minimize the effects of recoil.[2]

His last project and design was the Chiappa Rhino revolver.[3]

He died in 2008 at the age of 71 years following a bone tumor.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Cunningham, Grant (29 November 2012). Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Handguns. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. pp. 29–30. ISBN 1-4402-3276-8.
  2. 1 2 Hogg, Ian; Walter, John (29 August 2004). Pistols of the World. David & Charles. p. 202. ISBN 0-87349-460-1.
  3. ↑ "Chiappa Firearm’s Revolutionary Rhino .357 Magnum Revolver" by Ammoland.com
  4. ↑ https://www.packingiron.wordpress.com/tag/armi-chiappa/
  5. ↑ http://www.armietiro.it/scomparso-emilio-ghisoni-geniale-inventore-darmi (Italian)

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